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FUN RECIPES TO FOLLOW

Skip over my drivel (albeit insightful and downright entertaining,) if you prefer, but DO NOT pass up on the opportunity to sample the tasty delights Linda Joyce has in store for us. Like these luscious cupcakes..yummy!

Summer Solstice–the longest day of the year. More sunshine and happiness for everyone. Everyone who isn’t above the Arctic Circle that is. Folks in my old stomping grounds of Barrow, Alaska have been enjoying twenty-four hour daylight since mid-May and will continue to do so until August. The summer solstice there means Nalukataq–the blanket toss–celebrations of a successful whaling season. It means the ice that has covered the Arctic Ocean for months and months will soon break away from shore and folks can head out to their fish camps.

Here in my new home in the Ozarks, it means a party on the deck, overlooking the pond where the ducks swim merrily. I kind of miss frozen bodies of water and summers where the temperatures soar to 60 degrees–for an hour or two at a time.

I do have to say that this summer solstice is particularly fun. The brilliant Linda Joyce has worked with several authors to create a summer solstice blog hop. Not only will you get to meet tons of great authors, you’ll find the ingredients to numerous, mouth-watering recipes.

I’m dying to try Gina Hooten Popp’s kolaches and have you ever known me to turn down an after-dinner cocktail or any cocktail for that matter? So, some of Sandra Sookoo’s After Dinner Iced Coffee for me, please.

Visit Linda’s blog for the ingredients for each recipe, as well as other tantalizing tidbits, (my tidbit appears below the menu) such as book covers and tasty morsels about each author whose name appears on the menu below. Her blog also has links to each author’s blog or website where you can find additional details about the author and her book AND the full recipe. Here’s Linda Joyce’s blog link: http://lindajoycecontemplates.wordpress.com/

1. For ganache, place white chocolate chips and butter in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over the chips, whisk until smooth. Stir in coconut extract. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, stirring occasionally.

2. In a large bowl, beat the pie filling, buttermilk, and eggs until well blended. Combine flour sugar and cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Gradually beat into pie fill mixture until blended.

3. Fill paper-lined muffin cups one-third full. Cut candy bars in half; place half a candy bar in center of each cupcake. Cover each with 2 tablespoonfuls of batter.

4. Bake at 375 for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Blurb:

Passion in the Orient…

All-American girl next door, Natalie, jumped at the chance to see the world when offered a job in exotic Japan. Reality, however, proves much harsher than her many dreams…until her co-worker–and the star of her every fantasy–turns up the heat. Kentaro steps behind her on their morning commute, turning the crowded train ride into a journey of sensuality. With every sway and turn, the sexy Asian god’s touch tortures and teases, arousing her with the speed of the bullet train. But this is only the beginning. Kentaro unlocks a world of exotic pleasures surpassing Natalie’s dreams.

Excerpt:

“How’d it go with the guy you work with?” Sanchez asked.

“He still hasn’t really talked to me but . . .well . . . he kind of touched me on the train.”

“He touched you?” He bristled as if ready to defend my honor, which I had to admit warmed my heart a little. Before he worked himself into a rage, he asked. “Touched you, how?”